419 scam: HOMELAND SECURITY USA <mr.jamesoladelee@gmail.com> FROM HOMELAND SECURITY USA/REGARDING YOUR ATM CARD

joewein.de LLC
fighting spam and scams on the Internet

Try our spam filter!
Free trial for 30 days

Home

About Us

Spam

419/Nigeria

Fraud

Contact

"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

The so-called "419" scam is a type of fraud dominated by criminals from Nigeria and other countries in Africa. Victims of the scam are promised a large amount of money, such as a lottery prize, inheritance, money sitting in some bank account, etc.

Victims never receive this non-existent fortune but are tricked into sending their money to the criminals, who remain anonymous. They hide their real identity and location by using fake names and fake postal addresses as well as communicating via anonymous free email accounts and mobile phones.

Keep in mind that scammers DO NOT use their real names when defrauding people.
The criminals either abuse names of real people or companies or invent names or addresses.
Any real people or companies mentioned below have NO CONNECTION to the scammers!

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

Click here to report a problem with this page.

Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

This email uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "00,000.00" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- "atmcardafrica_center@outlook.com" (this email address looks like addresses used in "ATM SWIFT card" scams)
- "atmcardafrica_center@outlook.com" (this email address has been used in a known scam)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
This email lists mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
- +2347026875212 (Nigeria, prepaid mobile phone)

Fraud email example:

From: HOMELAND SECURITY USA <mr.jamesoladelee@gmail.com>
Reply-To: officboxx02@hotmail.com
Date: Wed, 27 Aug 2014 12:16:51 +0100
Subject: FROM HOMELAND SECURITY USA/REGARDING YOUR ATM CARD

HOMELAND SECURITY USA.
J. Edgar. Hoover Building Washington D.C,
Tel : 206-666-6050.
Fax : 206-350-2804.

Beneficiary,

This is to Officially Inform you that it has come to our notice and we
have thoroughly Investigated by the help of our Intelligence
Monitoring Network System that you are having a transaction with one
personnel of the Africa/London.During our Investigation, it came to
our notice that the reason why you have not received your payment is
because you did not fulfill your complete Financial Obligation giving
to you in respect to your Contract.So therefore, we have contacted the
Federal Ministry Of Finance in United Kingdom/Africa on your behalf
and they gave a solution to your problem by arranging a part payment
in total sum of $800,000.00 USD in an international certified ATM CARD
which you can use to withdraw money anywhere in the world to fulfill
your obligation which will enable the paying bank transfer your total
inheritance/contract payment to your account, hence you now have the
lawful right to claim your fund in the ATM CARD by contacting the ATM
CARD CENTER.

Also below are the contact details of the ATM CARD officer
co-ordinator Address for you to proceed immediately to containing your
PERSONAL IDENTIFICATION NUMBER (PIN),send your contact address to him
immediately

AGENT CONTACT DETAILS:
AGENT NAME :Kinsley Walter
Email:atmcardafrica_center@outlook.com
Phone:+234 7026 875212

We do await your quick response earnestly so we can proceed with our
Investigation and make sure YOUR ATM SWIFT CARD gets to you
accordingly without delays.

Sincerely,

CO-ORDINATOR,

(Mattson Clayford).

Anti-fraud resources:

What can you do when you receive 419 spam